1953 Silver Queen Coronation Coin Old Medal Vintage Royal Mint Family Spare ER

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Seller: Top-Rated Seller checkoutmyunqiuefunitems ✉️ (3,712) 99.9%, Location: Manchester, Take a look at my other items, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 276226164508 1953 Silver Queen Coronation Coin Old Medal Vintage Royal Mint Family Spare ER. 1953 Coronation Crown To Commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II This is a copper nickle coin minted by the Royal Mail in 1953 The front has an image of the Queen on her favourite horse called Winston The back has the 4 shields of the 4 countries of the United Kingdom and their flowers The middle edge  of the coin has the words "FAITH AND TRUTH I WILL BEAR UNTO YOU +" 5 Shillings - Elizabeth II (Coronation) - obverse5 Shillings - Elizabeth II (Coronation) - reverse The 1953 crown was the first UK commemorative coin issued during Queen Elizabeth II's reign but it was not issued into general circulation. As a result it is always highly sought-after by collectors and coin enthusiasts, both in the UK and internationally. Designed by sculptor Gilbert Ledward, the crown features the Queen riding on horseback, which is very unusual for a United Kingdom coin. The edge inscription reads 'Faith and Truth I will Bear Unto You' which is taken from the Coronation Oath. The reverse features a crown in the centre of an emblematic cross formed from a thistle, rose, leek and shamrock. Over the last 60 years, this has become one of the United Kingdom's most iconic coins, and has been the starting point for countless great collections. Features Issuer United Kingdom  Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022) Type Non-circulating coin Year 1953 Value 5 Shillings = 1 Crown (¼) Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970) Composition Copper-nickel Weight 28.28 g Diameter 38.61 mm Thickness 3 mm Shape Round Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N# 5749 References KM# 894, Sp# 4136 Commemorative issue Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 Obverse A portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II mounted on her horse Winston, dressed in her uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards and as worn by Her Majesty during the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. Script: Latin Lettering: ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·BRITT OMN·REGINA·FIDEI·DEFENSOR EIIR EIIR GL FIVE SHILLINGS Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Regina Fidei Defensor Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen of all the Britains Defender of the Faith Engraver: Gilbert Ledward  Reverse The four quarterings of the Royal Arms each contained in a shield and arranged in saltire with, in the intervening spaces, a rose, a thistle, a sprig of shamrock and a leek; in the centre the Crown and in the base the date. Script: Latin Lettering: 19 53 EF CT Engravers: Edgar Fuller, Cecil Thomas Edge Plain with incuse lettering Lettering: FAITH AND TRUTH I WILL BEAR UNTO YOU + The standard weight of these coins was 10/11 troy ounce (436.4 grains). Under the Coinage Act of 1946, the crown composition changed from .500 silver to .750 copper/.250 nickel, but the weight remained unchanged. This coin was not included in demonetization legislation when decimalization was introduced in 1971. It has been confirmed by the Royal Mint that the coin remains legal tender, having been remonetized with a value of 25 pence. Obverse die varieties: Obv 1 I of GRATIA points at large border bead; Obv 2 I of GRATIA points at smaller border bead; Date Mintage 1953  5 962 600 1953  30 Frosted VIP Proof 1953  2 Matte Proof 1953  40 000 Proof

A wonderful collection for anyone who loved the Queen

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This once belonged to my Grand Mother and she kept it in a display cabinet for many years, but when she died it was placed in a box for storage. 

We Decided to have a clear out so We are using the procceds from this auction to buy a bench with a memorial plaque for my gran so we can sit with her on a nice summers day I hope it will find a good home Comes from a pet and smoke free home Sorry about the poor quality photos.  They don't  do the owl  justice it looks a lot better in real life
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Tianjin, Kuala Lumpur, Toronto, Milan, Shenyang, Dallas, Fort Worth, Boston, Belo Horizonte, Khartoum, Riyadh, Singapore, Washington, Detroit, Barcelona,, Houston, Athens, Berlin, Sydney, Atlanta, Guadalajara, San Francisco, Oakland, Montreal, Monterey, Melbourne, Ankara, Recife, Phoenix/Mesa, Durban, Porto Alegre, Dalian, Jeddah, Seattle, Cape Town, San Diego, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Rome, Naples, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Tel Aviv, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Manchester, San Juan, Katowice, Tashkent, Fukuoka, Baku, Sumqayit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Sapporo, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Taichung, Warsaw, Denver, Cologne, Bonn, Hamburg, Dubai, Pretoria, Vancouver, Beirut, Budapest, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Campinas, Harare, Brasilia, Kuwait, Munich, Portland, Brussels, Vienna, San Jose, Damman , Copenhagen, Brisbane, Riverside, San Bernardino, Cincinnati and Accra Coronation of Elizabeth II Date    2 June 1953 Venue    Westminster Abbey Location    London, United Kingdom Participants        Queen Elizabeth II     Great Officers of State     Archbishops and bishops assistant of the Church of England     Garter Principal King of Arms     Peers of the Realm     Mistress of the Robes The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London.[1] She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 9 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation was held more than one year later because of the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies before holding such festivals. It also gave the planning committees adequate time to make preparations for the ceremony.[2] During the service, Elizabeth took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, was invested with robes and regalia, and was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).[3] Celebrations took place across the Commonwealth realms and a commemorative medal was issued. It has been the only British coronation to be fully televised; television cameras had not been allowed inside the abbey during her parents' coronation in 1937. Elizabeth's was the fourth and last British coronation of the 20th century. It was estimated to have cost £1.57 million (c. £43,427,400 in 2019). Preparations The one-day ceremony took 14 months of preparation: the first meeting of the Coronation Commission was in April 1952,[4] under the chairmanship of the Queen's husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[5][6] Other committees were also formed, such as the Coronation Joint Committee and the Coronation Executive Committee,[7] both chaired by the Duke of Norfolk who,[8] by convention as Earl Marshal, had overall responsibility for the event. Many physical preparations and decorations along the route were the responsibility of David Eccles, Minister of Works. Eccles described his role and that of the Earl Marshal: "The Earl Marshal is the producer – I am the stage manager..."[9] A ticket for the stands erected along the route of the procession to the abbey through Piccadilly Circus The committees involved high commissioners from other Commonwealth realms, reflecting the international nature of the coronation; however, officials from other Commonwealth realms declined invitations to participate in the event because the governments of those countries considered the ceremony to be a religious rite unique to Britain. As Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent said at the time: "In my view the Coronation is the official enthronement of the Sovereign as Sovereign of the UK. We are happy to attend and witness the Coronation of the Sovereign of the UK but we are not direct participants in that function."[10] The Coronation Commission announced in June 1952 that the coronation would take place on 2 June 1953.[11] Norman Hartnell was commissioned by the Queen to design the outfits for all members of the royal family, including Elizabeth's coronation gown. His design for the gown evolved through nine proposals, and the final version resulted from his own research and numerous meetings with the Queen: a white silk dress embroidered with floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth at the time: the Tudor rose of England, Scottish thistle, Welsh leek, shamrock for Northern Ireland, wattle of Australia, maple leaf of Canada, the New Zealand silver fern, South Africa's protea, two lotus flowers for India and Ceylon, and Pakistan's wheat, cotton and jute.[12][13] Roger Vivier created a pair of gold pumps for the occasion. The shoe featured jewel-encrusted heels and decorative motif on the upper sides, which was meant to resemble "the fleurs-de-lis pattern on the St Edward's Crown and the Imperial State Crown".[14] Elizabeth chose to wear the Coronation necklace for the event. The piece was commissioned by Queen Victoria and worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth at their respective coronations. She paired it with the Coronation earrings.[15] Elizabeth rehearsed for the occasion with her maids of honour. A sheet was used in place of the velvet train, and a formation of chairs stood in for the carriage. She also wore the Imperial State Crown while going about her daily business – at her desk, during tea, and while reading a newspaper – so that she could become accustomed to its feel and weight.[12] Elizabeth took part in two full rehearsals at Westminster Abbey, on 22 and 29 May,[16] though some sources claim that she attended one or "several" rehearsals.[17][18] The Duchess of Norfolk usually stood in for the Queen at rehearsals.[19] Elizabeth's grandmother Queen Mary had died on 24 March 1953, having stated in her will that her death should not affect the planning of the coronation, and the event went ahead as scheduled.[11] It was estimated to cost £1.57 million (c£. 41,710,000 in 2019[20]), which included stands along the procession route to accommodate 96,000 people, lavatories, street decorations, outfits, car hire, repairs to the state coach, and alterations to the Queen's regalia.[21] Event External video video icon Elizabeth is Queen (1953) a colour documentary by British Pathé A programme for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation; photo of the programme taken at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in 2019. The coronation ceremony of Elizabeth II followed a pattern similar to the coronations of the kings and queens before her, being held in Westminster Abbey, and involving the peerage and clergy. However, for the new queen, several parts of the ceremony were markedly different. Television Millions across Britain watched the coronation live on the BBC Television Service, and many purchased or rented television sets for the event. The coronation was the first to be televised in full; the BBC's cameras had not been allowed inside Westminster Abbey for her parents' coronation in 1937, and had covered only the procession outside.[22] There had been considerable debate within the British Cabinet on the subject, with Prime Minister Winston Churchill against the idea; Elizabeth refused his advice on this matter and insisted the event take place before television cameras,[23] as well as those filming with experimental 3D technology.[n 1][24] The event was also filmed in colour, separately from the BBC's black and white television broadcast, where an average of 17 people watched each small TV.[25][26] Elizabeth's coronation was also the first major world event to be broadcast internationally on television. In Europe, thanks to new relay links, this was the first live broadcast of an event taking place in the United Kingdom. The coronation was broadcast in France, Belgium, West Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, marking the birth of Eurovision. To make sure Canadians could see it on the same day, RAF Canberras flew BBC film recordings of the ceremony across the Atlantic Ocean to be broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),[27] the first non-stop flights between the United Kingdom and the Canadian mainland. At Goose Bay, Labrador, the first batch of film was transferred to a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-100 jet fighter for the further trip to Montreal. In all, three such flights were made as the coronation proceeded, with the first and second Canberras taking the second and third batches of film, respectively, to Montreal.[28] The following day, a film was flown west to Vancouver, whose CBC Television affiliate had yet to sign on. The film was escorted by the RCMP to the Peace Arch Border Crossing, where it was then escorted by the Washington State Patrol to Bellingham, where it was shown as the inaugural broadcast of KVOS-TV, a new station whose signal reached into the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, allowing viewers there to see the coronation as well, though on a one-day delay. US networks NBC and CBS made similar arrangements to have films flown in relays back to the United States for same-day broadcast, but used slower propeller-driven aircraft. NBC had originally planned to carry the event live via skywave direct from the BBC but was unable to establish a broadcast-quality video link on coronation day due to poor atmospheric conditions.[29] The struggling ABC network arranged to re-transmit the CBC broadcast, taking the on-the-air signal from the CBC's Toronto station and feeding the network from WBEN-TV, Buffalo's lone television station at the time; as a result, ABC beat the other two networks to air by more than 90 minutes ⁠— and at considerably lower cost.[citation needed] Although it did not as yet have a full-time television service, film was also dispatched to Australia aboard a Qantas airliner, which arrived in Sydney in a record time of 53 hours 28 minutes.[30] The worldwide television audience for the coronation was estimated to be 277 million.[31] Procession light-colored cloth banner with the initials E R II surrounded by the words 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in a border, beneath a crown A silk banner that was displayed in Westminster Abbey featuring a crowned garter and the cypher EIIR Along a route lined with sailors, soldiers, and airmen and women from across the British Empire and Commonwealth,[n 2][32] guests and officials passed in a procession before about three million spectators that were gathered on the streets of London, some having camped overnight in their spot to ensure a view of the monarch, and others having access to specially built stands and scaffolding along the route.[33] For those not present, more than 200 microphones were stationed along the path and in Westminster Abbey, with 750 commentators broadcasting in 39 languages.[28] The procession included foreign royalty and heads of state riding to Westminster Abbey in various carriages, so many that volunteers ranging from wealthy businessmen to rural landowners were required to supplement the insufficient ranks of regular footmen.[33] The first royal coach left Buckingham Palace and moved down the Mall, which was filled with flag-waving and cheering crowds. It was followed by the Irish State Coach carrying Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who wore the circlet of her crown bearing the Koh-i-Noor diamond. Queen Elizabeth II proceeded through London from Buckingham Palace, through Trafalgar Square, and towards the abbey in the Gold State Coach. Attached to the shoulders of her dress, the Queen wore the Robe of State, a 6-yard (5.5 m) long, hand woven silk velvet cloak lined with Canadian ermine that required the assistance of her maids of honour—Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Lady Anne Coke, Lady Moyra Hamilton, Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton, Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill and the Duchess of Devonshire[34]—to carry.[12][35] The return procession followed a route that was 5 miles (8.0 km) in length, passing along Whitehall, across Trafalgar Square, along Pall Mall and Piccadilly to Hyde Park Corner, via Marble Arch and Oxford Circus, down Regent Street and Haymarket, and finally along the Mall to Buckingham Palace. 29,000 service personnel from Britain and across the Commonwealth marched in a procession that was 2 miles (3.2 km) long and took 45 minutes to pass any given point. A further 15,800 lined the route.[36] The parade was led by Colonel Burrows of the War Office staff and four regimental bands. Then came the colonial contingents, then troops from the Commonwealth realms, followed by the Royal Air Force, the British Army, the Royal Navy, and finally the Household Brigade.[37] Behind the marching troops was a carriage procession led by the rulers of the British protectorates, including Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga, the Commonwealth prime ministers, the princes and princesses of the blood royal, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Preceded by the heads of the British Armed Forces on horseback, the Gold State Coach was escorted by the Yeomen of the Guard and the Household Cavalry and was followed by the Queen's aides-de-camp.[38] So many carriages were required that some had to be borrowed from Elstree Studios.[39] After the end of the procession, the royal family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a flypast.[40] The flypast had been altered on the day due to the bad weather, but otherwise took place as planned. 168 jet fighters flew overhead in three divisions thirty seconds apart, at an altitude of 1,500 feet.[n 3][41] Guests Main article: List of royal guests at the coronation of Elizabeth II two simple chairs with cloth-covered seats and backs with the initials E R II The chairs used at the coronation After being closed since the Queen's accession for coronation preparations, Westminster Abbey was opened at 6 am on Coronation Day to the approximately 8,000 guests invited from across the Commonwealth of Nations;[n 4][33][44] more prominent individuals, such as members of the Queen's family and foreign royalty, the peers of the United Kingdom, heads of state, members of Parliament from the Queen's various legislatures,[45] and the like, arrived after 8:30 a.m. Queen Sālote of Tonga was a guest, and was noted for her cheery demeanour while riding in an open carriage through London in the rain.[46] General George Marshall, the former United States Secretary of State who implemented the Marshall Plan, was appointed chairman of the US delegation to the coronation and attended the ceremony along with his wife, Katherine.[47] Among other dignitaries who attended the event were Sir Winston Churchill, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammad Ali Bogra and Col Anastasio Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua.[48] Guests seated on stools were able to purchase their stools following the ceremony, with the profits going towards the cost of the coronation.[49] Ceremony Three rows numerous men and women in fancy dress. Many of the women are wearing tiaras and sashes with white dresses Members of the British royalty at the coronation Preceding the Queen into Westminster Abbey was St Edward's Crown, carried into the abbey by the Lord High Steward of England, Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, who was flanked by two other peers, while the archbishops and bishops assistant (Durham and Bath and Wells) of the Church of England, in their copes and mitres, waited outside the Great West Door for Queen Elizabeth II's arrival. When she arrived at about 11:00 am,[12][23] she found that the friction between her robes and the carpet caused her difficulty moving forward, and she said to the archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, "Get me started!"[23] Once going, the procession, which included the various high commissioners of the Commonwealth carrying banners bearing the shields of the coats of arms of their respective nations,[50] moved inside the abbey, up the central aisle and through the choir to the stage, as the choirs sang "I was glad", an imperial setting of Psalm 122, vv. 1–3, 6, and 7 by Sir Hubert Parry.[51] As Elizabeth prayed at and then seated herself on the Chair of Estate to the south of the altar, the bishops carried in the religious paraphernalia—the Bible, paten and chalice—and the peers holding the coronation regalia handed them over to the archbishop of Canterbury, who, in turn, passed them to the Dean of Westminster, Alan Campbell Don, to be placed on the altar.[52] Elizabeth proceeding past the Coronation Chair After she moved to stand before King Edward's Chair, Elizabeth turned, following as Fisher, along with the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (Lord Simonds), Lord Great Chamberlain of England (Lord Cholmondeley), Lord High Constable of England (Lord Alanbrooke) and Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (the Duke of Norfolk), all led by Garter Principal King of Arms George Bellew. The Archbishop of Canterbury asked the audience in each direction of the compass separately: "Sirs, I here present unto you Queen Elizabeth, your undoubted Queen: wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, are you willing to do the same?" The crowd would reply "God save Queen Elizabeth!" every time,[53] to each of which the Queen would curtsey in return.[50] Seated again on the Chair of Estate, Elizabeth then took the Coronation Oath as administered by the archbishop of Canterbury. In the lengthy oath, she swore to govern each of her countries according to their respective laws and customs, to mete out law and justice with mercy, to uphold Protestantism in the United Kingdom and protect the Church of England and preserve its bishops and clergy. She proceeded to the altar where she stated, "The things which I have here promised, I will perform, and keep. So help me God", before kissing the Bible and putting the royal sign-manual to the oath as the Bible was returned to the dean of Westminster.[54] From him the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, James Pitt-Watson, took the Bible and presented it to Elizabeth again, saying,     Our gracious Queen: to keep your Majesty ever mindful of the law and the Gospel of God as the Rule for the whole life and government of Christian Princes, we present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is Wisdom; This is the royal Law; These are the lively Oracles of God. Elizabeth returned the book to Pitt-Watson, who placed it back with the dean of Westminster.[55] St Edward's Crown, the Orb, the Sceptre with Cross, Sceptre with Dove, and the Ring The communion service was then conducted, involving prayers by both the clergy and Elizabeth, Fisher asking, "O God... Grant unto this thy servant Elizabeth, our Queen, the spirit of wisdom and government, that being devoted unto thee with her whole heart, she may so wisely govern, that in her time thy Church may be in safety, and Christian devotion may continue in peace", before reading various excerpts from the First Epistle of Peter, Psalms, and the Gospel of Matthew.[56] Elizabeth was then anointed as the choir sang "Zadok the Priest"; the Queen's jewellery and crimson cape were removed by Lord Ancaster and the Mistress of the Robes,[12] the Duchess of Devonshire and, wearing only a simple, white linen dress also designed by Hartnell to completely cover the coronation gown, she moved to be seated in King Edward's Chair. There, Fisher, assisted by the dean of Westminster, made a cross on her forehead, hands and breast with holy oil made from the same base as had been used in the coronation of her father.[23] At her request, the anointing ceremony was not televised.[57] From the altar, the dean passed to the lord great chamberlain the spurs, which were presented to Elizabeth and then placed back on the altar. The Sword of State was then handed to Elizabeth, who, after a prayer was uttered by Fisher, placed it herself on the altar, and the peer who had been previously holding it took it back again after paying a sum of 100 shillings.[58] Elizabeth was then invested with the Armills (bracelets), Stole Royal, Robe Royal and the Sovereign's Orb, followed by the Queen's Ring, the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross and the Sovereign's Sceptre with Dove. With the first two items on and in her right hand and the latter in her left, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned by the archbishop of Canterbury, with the crowd chanting "God save the queen!" three times at the exact moment St Edward's Crown touched the monarch's head. The princes and peers gathered then put on their coronets and a 21-gun salute was fired from the Tower of London.[59] Prince Philip swearing allegiance to his wife With the benediction read, Elizabeth moved to the throne and the archbishop of Canterbury and all the bishops offered to her their fealty, after which, while the choir sang, the peers of the United Kingdom—led by the royal peers: Elizabeth's husband; her uncle Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; and her cousin Prince Edward, Duke of Kent—each proceeded, in order of precedence, to pay their personal homage and allegiance. After the royal peers, the 5 most senior peers, one for each rank, offered their fealty as representatives of the peerage of the United Kingdom: Norfolk for dukes, Huntly for marquesses, Shrewsbury for earls, Arbuthnott for viscounts and Mowbray for barons.[60] When the last baron had completed this task, the assembly shouted "God save Queen Elizabeth. Long live Queen Elizabeth. May the Queen live for ever!"[61] Having removed all her royal regalia, Elizabeth knelt and took the communion, including a general confession and absolution, and, along with the congregation, recited the Lord's Prayer.[62] Now wearing the Imperial State Crown and holding the Sceptre with the Cross and the Orb, and as the gathered guests sang "God Save the Queen", Elizabeth left Westminster Abbey through the nave and apse, out the Great West Door. Music Appearance of the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the coronation Although many had assumed that the Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Arnold Bax, would be the director of music for the coronation, it was decided instead to appoint the organist and master of the choristers at the abbey, William McKie, who had been in charge of music at the royal wedding in 1947. McKie convened an advisory committee with Sir Arnold Bax and Sir Ernest Bullock, who had directed the music for the previous coronation.[63] When it came to choosing the music, tradition required that Handel's Zadok the Priest and Parry's I was glad were included amongst the anthems. Other choral works included were the anonymous 16th century anthem "Rejoice in the Lord alway" and Samuel Sebastian Wesley's Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace. Another tradition was that new works be commissioned from the leading composers of the day: Ralph Vaughan Williams composed a new motet O Taste and See, William Walton composed a setting for the Te Deum, and the Canadian composer Healey Willan wrote an anthem O Lord our Governor.[32][64] Four new orchestral pieces were planned; Arthur Bliss composed Processional; Walton, Orb and Sceptre; and Arnold Bax, Coronation March. Benjamin Britten had agreed to compose a piece, but he caught influenza and then had to deal with flooding at Aldeburgh, so nothing was forthcoming. Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D was played immediately before Bax's march at the end of the ceremony.[65] An innovation, at the suggestion of Vaughan Williams, was the inclusion of a hymn in which the congregation could participate. This proved controversial and was not included in the programme until Elizabeth had been consulted and found to be in favour; Vaughan Williams wrote an elaborate arrangement of the traditional metrical psalm, the Old Hundredth, which included military trumpet fanfares and was sung before the communion.[66][51] Gordon Jacob wrote a choral arrangement of God Save the Queen, also with trumpet fanfares.[67] The choir for the coronation was a combination of the choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, the Chapel Royal, and Saint George's Chapel, Windsor. In addition to those established choirs, the Royal School of Church Music conducted auditions to find twenty boy trebles from parish church choirs representing the various regions of the United Kingdom. Along with twelve trebles chosen from various British cathedral choirs, the selected boys spent the month beforehand training at Addington Palace.[68] The final complement of choristers comprised 182 boy trebles, 37 male altos, 62 tenors and 67 basses.[65] The orchestra, of 60 players, was drawn from the leading members of British symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles. Each of the 18 violinists, headed by Paul Beard, was the leader of a major orchestra or chamber group. The conductor was Sir Adrian Boult, who had conducted the orchestra at the previous coronation.[69] Celebrations, monuments and media Australian stamp issued for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II All across the Queen's realms, the rest of the Commonwealth, and in other parts of the world, coronation celebrations were held. The British government announced an extra bank holiday that fell on 3 June and moved the last bank holiday in May to 2 June to allow for an extended time of celebrations.[70] The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal was also presented to thousands of recipients throughout the Queen's realms and in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK, commemorative coins were issued.[71] Three million bronze coronation medallions were ordered by the Canadian government, struck by the Royal Canadian Mint and distributed to schoolchildren across the country; the obverse showed Elizabeth's effigy and the reverse the royal cypher above the word CANADA, all circumscribed by ELIZABETH II REGINA CORONATA MCMLIII.[72] As at the coronation of George VI, acorns shed from oaks in Windsor Great Park, near Windsor Castle, were shipped around the Commonwealth and planted in parks, school grounds, cemeteries and private gardens to grow into what are known as Royal Oaks or Coronation Oaks.[73] A plaque marking a tree planted in the United Kingdom to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II In London, the Queen hosted a coronation luncheon, for which the recipe coronation chicken was devised,[74] and a fireworks show was mounted on Victoria Embankment.[33] Further, street parties were mounted around the United Kingdom. The Coronation Cup football tournament was held at Hampden Park, Glasgow in May, and[23] two weeks before the coronation, the children's literary magazine Collins Magazine rebranded itself as The Young Elizabethan.[75] News that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had reached the summit of Mount Everest arrived in Britain on Elizabeth's coronation day; the New Zealand, American, and British media dubbed it "a coronation gift for the new Queen".[76] In the following month, a pageant took place over the River Thames as a coronation tribute to the Queen.[77] A stand of trees near Monmouth in south Wales, planted in the form of the letters ER (Elizabeth Regina) to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Military tattoos, horse races, parades, and fireworks displays were mounted in Canada. The country's governor general, Vincent Massey, proclaimed the day a national holiday and presided over celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, where the Queen's coronation speech was broadcast and her personal royal standard flown from the Peace Tower.[78][79] Later, a public concert was held on Parliament Hill and the Governor General hosted a ball at Rideau Hall.[78] In Newfoundland, 90,000 boxes of sweets were given to children, some having theirs delivered by Royal Canadian Air Force drops, and in Quebec, 400,000 people turned out in Montreal, some 100,000 at Jeanne-Mance Park alone. A multicultural show was put on at Exhibition Place in Toronto, square dances and exhibitions took place in the Prairie provinces and in Vancouver the Chinese community performed a public lion dance.[80] On the Korean Peninsula, Canadian soldiers serving in the Korean War acknowledged the day by firing red, white, and blue coloured smoke shells at the enemy and drank rum rations. Later events Coronation Review of the Fleet Warships from Sweden (right) and the Soviet Union (left) at the fleet review On 15 June 1953, the Queen attended a fleet review at Spithead, off the coast at Portsmouth. Commanded by Admiral Sir George Creasy were 197 Royal Navy warships, together with 13 from the Commonwealth and 16 from foreign navies, as well as representative vessels from the British Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets.[81] There were more British and Commonwealth naval ships present than at the 1937 coronation review, though a third of them were frigates or smaller vessels. Major Royal Navy units included Britain's last battleship, HMS Vanguard, and four fleet and three light aircraft carriers. The Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy also each included a light carrier in their contingents, HMAS Sydney and HMCS Magnificent.[82] Using the frigate HMS Surprise as a royal yacht, the Queen and royal family started to review the lines of anchored ships at 3:30 p.m., finally anchoring at 5:10 p.m.[83] This was followed by a fly-past of Fleet Air Arm aircraft. Forty naval air squadrons participated, with 327 aircraft flying from four naval air stations; the formation was led by Rear Admiral Walter Couchman flying a de Havilland Sea Vampire.[84] After the Queen transferred to Vanguard for dinner, the day concluded with the Illumination of the fleet and a fireworks display.[83] Honours of Scotland The Crown of Scotland During a week-long visit to Scotland, on 24 June 1953, the Queen attended a national service of thanksgiving at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, during which she was ceremonially presented with the Honours of Scotland, the Scottish crown jewels.[85] Following a carriage procession through the city escorted by the Royal Company of Archers,[86] the service, led by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, James Pitt-Watson, was attended by a congregation of 1,700 drawn from all sections of Scottish society.[85] The high point of the event was the presentation of the Honours, which the queen received from the Dean of the Thistle, Charles Warr, and then passed the Crown of Scotland to the Duke of Hamilton, the Sword of State to the Earl of Home, and the Sceptre to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.[87] It was the first time that this ceremony had been enacted since 1822 during the visit of King George IV.[86] The queen was dressed in "day clothes" complete with a handbag, rather than in ceremonial robes, which was taken as a slight to Scotland's dignity by the Scottish press.[88] The decision not to dress formally was made by the Private Secretary to the Sovereign, Sir Alan Lascelles, and Sir Austin Strutt, a senior civil servant at the Home Office. In the official painting of the ceremony by Stanley Cursiter, the offending handbag was tactfully omitted.[89] Coronation Review of the RAF On 15 July 1953, the Queen attended a review of the Royal Air Force at RAF Odiham in Hampshire.[90] The first part of the review was a march past by contingents representing the various commands of the RAF, with Bomber Command leading. This was followed by four de Havilland Venoms of the Central Fighter Establishment making the Royal Cypher in skywriting. After lunch, the queen in an open car toured the lines of some 300 aircraft that were arranged in a static display. She returned to the central dias for the flypast of 640 British and Commonwealth aircraft, of which 440 were jet-powered. The flypast was led by a Bristol Sycamore helicopter which was towing a large RAF Ensign, while the final aircraft was a prototype Supermarine Swift flown by test pilot Mike Lithgow. Finally, the skywriting Venoms spelled out the word "vivat".[91] See also     List of participants in the coronation procession of Elizabeth II     1953 Coronation Honours     The Queen's Beasts, heraldic statues placed outside Westminster Abbey representing Elizabeth's genealogy     Canadian Coronation Contingent Notes This footage was in 2010 used in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's first 3D television broadcast, the first time the images had been shown on television.[24] Including 856 representing the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force.[32] The aircraft were 144 Gloster Meteors of the Royal Air Force and 24 Canadair Sabres of the Royal Canadian Air Force, commanded by Air Vice Marshal the Earl of Bandon, who would later organise the larger RAF Coronation Review flypast in July.[41]     From Canada came the prime minister, Louis St. Laurent, and five other members of the federal Cabinet, the chief justice, the speakers of the House of Commons and Senate, the leaders of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the same two houses, and the leader of the Government in the Senate,[42] Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Louis Breithaupt and his premier, Leslie Frost, as well as Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, Quebec Cabinet ministers Onésime Gagnon and John Samuel Bourque,[43] Mayor of Toronto Allan A. 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Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0141004099.     Örnebring, Henrik. "Revisiting the Coronation: a Critical Perspective on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953." Nordicom Review 25, no. 1-2 online(2004)     Shils, Edward, and Michael Young. "The meaning of the coronation." The Sociological Review 1.2 (1953): 63–81.     Strong, Sir Roy (2005). Coronation: A History of Kingship and the British Monarchy. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-716054-9.     Weight, Richard. Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940–2000 (Pan Macmillan, 2013) pp 211–56. 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Initially they only came out to mark events of great interest, but since the turn of the millennium have been minted yearly. Until decimalisation crowns (five shilling coins) were used for this purpose as they were the highest denomination of the time, but due to inflation this role has been transferred to higher value coins. Crowns, £5 coins and (until 1996) £2 coins are non-circulating, although they are still legal tender. These denominations are only used for commemoratives. During the decimal era, crowns were converted to twenty-five pence. 50p and £2 coins made after 1996 circulate normally and can be found in change. Usually about 5 million of each of these are the commemorative issue, the rest being of the standard design. Since 1982 all of these have also been produced as sterling silver and 22 carat gold proofs. Although the design of the old round £1 coin changed every year, these are not considered to be commemoratives, as they do not mark an event or its anniversary. 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Queen Elizabeth II     2016: 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II     2017: Sapphire Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II     2017: Remembrance Day     2017: Platinum Wedding (70 years) of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh     2017: Prince Philip 70 years of service     2017: Centenary of the House of Windsor     2017: 1000th anniversary of the coronation of King Canute     2017: The Queen's Beasts series - Lion of England (Re-released with 2018 date to celebrate England's success in the World Cup)     2017: The Queen's Beasts series - Unicorn of Scotland     2017: Christmas     2018: Sapphire anniversary of the Queen's coronation     2018: Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle     2018: 250th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy of Arts     2018: Four generations of the Royal Family     2018: The Queen's Beasts series - Red Dragon of Wales     2018: The Queen's Beasts series - Black Bull of Clarence     2018: 5th birthday of Prince George of Cambridge     2020: 200th anniversary of the death of King George III     2021: Death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh     2022: Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II     2022: Death of Elizabeth II     2022: 100th anniversary of the Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb     2023: 75th birthday of King Charles III Fifty pence Main article: Fifty pence (British decimal coin) Circulating     1973: UK's entry into the European Economic Community     1992: UK's Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers and the completion of the European single market     1994: 50th anniversary of D-Day     1998: 25th anniversary of the UK's membership in the European Union     1998: 50th anniversary of the NHS     2000: 150th anniversary of the Public Libraries Act 1850     2003: 100th anniversary of the Women's Social and Political Union (the Suffragettes)     2004: 50th anniversary of the first four-minute mile by Roger Bannister     2005: 250th anniversary of the publication of the first English Dictionary     2006: 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross (2 coins)     2007: 100th anniversary of the Scout Movement     2009: 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew     2010: 100th anniversary of Girlguiding UK     2011: 50th anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund     2011: 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London (a set of 29 coins of different sports)[3]     2013: 100th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Ironside     2013: 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten     2014: XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow     2015: 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain     2016: 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings     2016: 150th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter (1st series) - Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Squirrel Nutkin     2016: Team GB at the Rio Olympics     2017: Beatrix Potter (2nd series) - Benjamin Bunny, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Tom Kitten, The Tale of Peter Rabbit     2017: Sir Isaac Newton     2018: Beatrix Potter (3rd series) - Peter Rabbit, Flopsy Bunny, Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tailor of Gloucester     2018: 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act     2018: 60th anniversary of Paddington Bear (1st series) - at Paddington Station and at Buckingham Palace     2019: Sherlock Holmes     2019: Paddington Bear (2nd series) - at the Tower of London and at St Paul's Cathedral     2020: Britain's withdrawal from the European Union     2020: Celebrating British Diversity     2022: Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II     2022: 50th anniversary of Pride UK     2022: Death of Elizabeth II Non-circulating     2018: 40th anniversary of The Snowman (1st coin)     2019: Fifty Years of the Fifty Pence - British Culture set     2019: Fifty Years of the Fifty Pence - British Military Set     2019: 20th anniversary of The Gruffalo (2 coins) - The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo & Mouse     2019: Innovation in Science set (1st coin) - Stephen Hawking     2019: Beatrix Potter (4th series) - Peter Rabbit     2019: 30th anniversary of A Grand Day Out (Wallace and Gromit)     2019: The Snowman (2nd coin)     2020: The Dinosauria Collection (Tales of the Earth) - Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, Hylaeosaurus     2020: Beatrix Potter (5th series) - Peter Rabbit     2020: Innovation in Science set (2nd coin) - 100th anniversary of the birth of Rosalind Franklin     2020: Winnie The Pooh & Friends (1st series) - Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet     2020: The Snowman (3rd coin)     2020-2021: Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics     2021: 50th anniversary of Decimal Day     2021: Innovation in Science set (3rd coin) - 75th anniversary of the death of John Logie Baird     2021: The Dinosauria Collection (The Mary Anning collection) - Temnodontosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Dimorphodon     2021: Winnie The Pooh & Friends (2nd series) - Winnie-the-Pooh, Owl, Tigger     2021: Innovation in Science set (4th coin) - 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Babbage     2021: Innovation in Science set (5th coin) - 100th anniversary of the discovery of Insulin     2021: The Snowman (4th coin)     2022: Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II (alternate obverse)     2022: 2022 Commonwealth Games (5 coins - 4 colourised, one each for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)     2022: 50th anniversary of Pride UK (colourised reverse)     2022: Innovation in Science set (6th coin) - Alan Turing     2022: Winnie The Pooh & Friends (3rd series) - Eeyore, Kanga & Roo     2022: 100th anniversary of the BBC     2022: 25th anniversary of Harry Potter     2022: 10th anniversary of The Snowman and the Snowdog (5th coin)     2023: 75th anniversary of the Windrush Generation     2023: 75th anniversary of the NHS Two pounds Main article: Two pounds (British coin) Single metal Non-circulating     1986: XIII Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh     1989: 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights 1689     1989: 300th anniversary of the Claim of Right Act 1689     1994: 300th anniversary of Bank of England     1995: 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War     1995: 50th anniversary of the United Nations     1996: UEFA Euro in England Bimetallic Circulating     1999: Rugby World Cup in Wales     2001: 100th anniversary of the first successful trans-Atlantic wireless transmission     2002: XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester (4 coins) - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland     2003: 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA     2004: 200th anniversary of the first steam locomotive     2005: 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot     2005: 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War     2006: 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (2 coins) - Clifton Suspension Bridge and Paddington Station     2007: 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade     2007: 300th anniversary of the Acts of Union 1707     2008: 100th anniversary of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London     2008: The Beijing Olympics handover to London     2009: 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin     2009: 250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns     2010: 100th anniversary of the death of Florence Nightingale     2011: 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.     2011: 500th anniversary of the Mary Rose[3]     2012: 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens[7]     2012: The London Olympics handover to Rio     2013: The 150th anniversary of the London Underground (2 coins) - Roundel and Train     2013: The 350th anniversary of the first minting of the Golden guinea     2014: 100th anniversary of the Outbreak of the First World War     2014: 500th anniversary of Trinity House     2015: 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta     2015: The Royal Navy     2016: 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare (3 coins) - Comedy, History, Tragedy     2016: The Army     2016: 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London Non-circulating     2017: First World War Aviation     2017: 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen     2018: 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus     2018: 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's Voyage of Discovery (1st coin)     2018: 100th anniversary of the World War One Armistice     2018: 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (5 coins) - Badge, Vulcan, Spitfire, Sea King, Lightning II     2019: 75th anniversary of D-Day     2019: 260th anniversary of Wedgwood     2019: 250th anniversary of Samuel Pepys' final diary entry     2019: 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's Voyage of Discovery (2nd coin)     2020: 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day     2020: 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage     2020: 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie's first book     2020: 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's Voyage of Discovery (3rd coin)     2021: 75th anniversary of the death of H. G. Wells     2021: 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott     2022: Dame Vera Lynn     2022: 150th anniversary of the FA Cup     2022: 100th anniversary of the death of Alexander Graham Bell     2023: 50th anniversary of the death of JRR Tolkien     2023: 100th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman References "The 2009 UK 'Countdown to London 2012' £5 for £5 pack". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-05-21. "The 2010 UK 'Countdown to London 2012' £5 for £5 pack". Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-21. "2011 UK Brilliant Uncirculated Commemorative Coin Set". Royalmint.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-13. "The Royal Wedding UK Commemorative Coin". Archived from the original on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-21. "The 2011 UK Countdown to London 2012 £5 for £5 P". Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-21. "Our Coins | the Royal Mint".     "Our Coins | the Royal Mint". Sources     Royal Mint website     vte Sterling coinage Decimal        1/2p 1p 2p 5p 10p 20p 50p £1 £2 Pre-decimal        Quarter farthing (1/16d) (British Ceylon) Third farthing (1/12d) (Crown Colony of Malta) Half farthing (1/8d) Farthing (1/4d) Halfpenny (1/2d) Penny (1d) Three halfpence (1+1/2d) (British Ceylon & British West Indies) Twopence (2d) Threepence (3d) Fourpence (4d) Sixpence (6d) Shilling (1/–) Fifteen pence (1/3d) (Australia) Eighteen Pence(1/6d) (British Ireland) Florin (2/–) Half crown (2/6d) Thirty Pence(2/6d) (British Ireland) Double florin (4/–) Crown (5/–) Six Shillings (6/-) (British Ireland) Quarter guinea (5/3d) Third guinea (7/–) Half sovereign (10/–) Half guinea (10/6d) Sovereign (£1) Guinea (£1/1/–) Double sovereign (£2) Two guineas (£2/2/–) Five pounds (£5) Five guineas (£5/5/–) Commemorative        3p (Tristan Da Cunha) 6p 25p 60p (Isle of Man) 70p (Ascension Island) £5 £10 £20 £25 £50 £100 £200 £500 £1000 Maundy money Bullion        Britannia Quarter sovereign Half sovereign Sovereign Double sovereign Quintuple sovereign Lunar The Queen's Beasts Landmarks of Britain See also        Sterling Sterling banknotes List of British banknotes and coins List of British currencies Jubilee coinage Old Head coinage Scottish coinage Coins of Ireland List of people on coins of the United Kingdom     vte € coins for collectors Euro gold and silver commemorative coins Euro    Standard        Andorra Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Portugal San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Vatican City Special        €2 commemorative coins Euro proof sets Euro starter kits Europa coin programme Gold and silver        Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Portugal San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Vatican City Pre-Euro    Standard        Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Portugal San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Vatican City Gold and silver        Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Portugal San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Vatican City Non-Euro EU    Gold and silver        Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Hungary Poland Romania Sweden Queen Elizabeth II served from 1952 to 2022 as reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and numerous other realms and territories, as well as head of the Commonwealth, the group of 53 sovereign nations that includes many former British territories. Extremely popular for nearly all of her long reign, the queen was known for taking a serious interest in government and political affairs, apart from her ceremonial duties, and was credited with modernizing many aspects of the monarchy. In September 2015, Elizabeth surpassed the record of 63 years and 216 days on the throne set by Queen Victoria (her great-great-grandmother) to become the longest-reigning British monarch in history. In February 2022, Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee—marking seven decades of her service to the Commonwealth. READ MORE: Queen Elizabeth II: 15 Key Moments in Her Reign Childhood and Education of a Princess When Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the elder daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was born on April 21, 1926, she apparently had little chance of assuming the throne, as her father was a younger son of King George V. But in late 1936, her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated to marry an American divorcée, Wallis Simpson. As a result, her father became King George VI, and 10-year-old “Lilibet” (as she was known within the family) became the heir presumptive to the throne. Though she spent much of her childhood with nannies, Princess Elizabeth was influenced greatly by her mother, who instilled in her a devout Christian faith as well as a keen understanding of the demands of royal life. Her grandmother, Queen Mary, consort of King George V, also instructed Elizabeth and her younger sister Margaret in the finer points of royal etiquette. Educated by private tutors, with an emphasis on British history and law, the princess also studied music and learned to speak fluent French. She trained as a Girl Guide (the British equivalent of the Girl Scouts) and developed a lifelong passion for horses. As queen, she kept many thoroughbred racehorses and frequently attended racing and breeding events. Elizabeth’s famous attachment to Pembroke Welsh corgis also began in childhood, and she owned more than 30 corgis over the course of her reign. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth Image placeholder title 19 Gallery 19 Images Elizabeth and Margaret spent much of World War II living apart from their parents in the Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle, a medieval fortress outside London. In 1942, the king made Elizabeth an honorary colonel in the 500 Grenadier Guards, a Royal Army regiment. Two years later, he named her as a member of the Privy Council and the Council of State, enabling her to act on his behalf when he was out of the country. In 1947, soon after the royal family returned from an official visit to South Africa and Rhodesia, they announced Elizabeth’s engagement to Prince Philip of Greece, her third cousin (both were great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) and a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. She had set her sights on him when she was only 13, and their relationship developed through visits and correspondence during the war. Though many in the royal circle viewed Philip as an unwise match due to his lack of money and foreign (German) blood, Elizabeth was determined and very much in love. She and Philip wed on November 20, 1947, at Westminster Abbey. Their first son, Charles (Prince of Wales, then King Charles III) was born in 1948; a daughter, Anne (Princess Royal) arrived two years later. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's third child and second son, Prince Andrew, was born in 1960 and the couple's youngest child, Prince Edward, was born in 1964. Elizabeth and Phillip were married for an extraordinary 73 years, until the Prince died in April 2021 at the age of 99. SEE MORE: Glorious Behind-the-Scenes Photos of Queen Elizabeth's 1947 Wedding Queen Elizabeth's Coronation With her father’s health declining in 1951, Elizabeth stepped in for him at various state functions. After spending that Christmas with the royal family, Elizabeth and Philip left on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, making a stopover in Kenya en route. They were in Kenya on February 6, 1952, when King George VI succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 56, and his 25-year-old daughter became the sixth woman in history to ascend to the British throne. Her formal coronation as Queen Elizabeth II took place on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey. In the first decade of her reign, Elizabeth settled into her role as queen, developing a close bond with Prime Minister Winston Churchill (the first of 15 prime ministers she would work with during her reign), weathering a foreign affairs disaster in the Suez Crisis of 1956 and making numerous state trips abroad. Scroll to Continue Recommended for you 15 Key Moments in the Reign of Elizabeth II 15 Key Moments in the Reign of Elizabeth II list-6-ww-ii-spies-josephine-baker-147363730-1-2 6 People You Didn’t Know Were WWII Spies A young Queen Victoria, c. 1850 5 Things You May Not Know About Queen Victoria In response to pointed criticism in the press, the queen embraced steps to modernize her own image and that of the monarchy, including televising her annual Christmas broadcast for the first time in 1957. Elizabeth and Philip had two more children, Andrew (born 1960) and Edward (born 1964). In 1968, Charles was formally invested as the Prince of Wales, marking his coming of age and the beginning of what would be a long period as king-in-waiting. Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, marking her 25 years on the throne, proved a bright spot in an era of economic struggles. Always a vigorous traveler, she kept a punishing schedule to mark the occasion, traveling some 56,000 miles around the Commonwealth, including the island nations Fiji and Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the British West Indies and Canada. Royal Scandals In 1981, all eyes were on the royal family once again as Prince Charles wed Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Though the couple soon welcomed two sons, William and Harry, their marriage quickly imploded, causing considerable public embarrassment for the queen and the entire royal family. In 1992, Elizabeth’s 40th year on the throne and her family’s “Annus Horribilis” (according to a speech she gave that November) both Charles and Diana and Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah Ferguson, separated, while Princess Anne and her husband, Mark Phillips, divorced. READ MORE: How Prince Charles and Lady Diana's Wedding Became a Global Phenomenon Queen Elizabeth's Net Worth A fire also broke out at Windsor Castle that same year, and amid public outcry over the use of government funds to restore the royal residence, Queen Elizabeth agreed to pay taxes on her private income. This was not required by British law, though some earlier monarchs had done so as well. At the time, her personal fortune was estimated at $11.7 billion. In another modernizing measure, she also agreed to open the state rooms at Buckingham Palace to the public for an admission fee when she was not in residence. After Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, Diana remained incredibly popular with the British (and international) public. Her tragic death the following year triggered a tremendous outpouring of shock and grief, as well as outrage at the royal family for what the public saw as its ill treatment of the “People’s Princess.” Though Queen Elizabeth initially kept the family (including Princes William and Harry) out of the public eye at Balmoral, the unprecedented public response to Diana’s death convinced her to return to London, make a televised speech about Diana, greet mourners and allow the Union Jack to fly at half-mast above Buckingham Palace. A Modern Monarchy The queen’s popularity, and that of the entire royal family, rebounded during the first decade of the 21st century. Though 2002 marked Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee—50 years on the throne—the death of her mother (the beloved Queen Mum) and sister early that year cast a pall on the celebrations. In 2005, the queen enjoyed public support when she gave her assent to Prince Charles’ once-unthinkable marriage to his longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles. In her seventh decade on the throne, Queen Elizabeth presided over the pomp and circumstance of another royal wedding at Westminster Abbey, that of Prince William to Catherine Middleton in April 2011. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are in line to become Britain’s next king and queen, continued the line of succession with their children, Prince George (born 2013), Princess Charlotte (born 2015) and Prince Louis (born 2018). A consistent presence by his wife’s side and one of Britain’s busiest royals for much of her reign, Prince Philip stepped down from his royal duties in 2017, at the age of 96. That same year, the royal couple celebrated 70 years of marriage, making theirs the longest union in the history of the British monarchy. Philip died in 2021, at the age of 99. In May 2018, Prince Harry wed the American actress Meghan Markle, a biracial divorcée whose embrace by the royal family indicated just how modern it had become during Elizabeth’s long reign. The couple had a son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, in 2019, and a daughter, Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, in 2021. Rumors swirled at various times that Queen Elizabeth would step aside and let Prince Charles take the throne. In 2017, she delegated some of her royal obligations, such as the official Remembrance Day ceremony, to him, fueling speculation that she was preparing to bequeath the throne to her eldest son. Instead, she remained a consistent, stable presence at the head of Britain’s reigning family until her peaceful death in September 2022 at her beloved country residence, Balmoral Castle. In the final years of her reign, she continued many of her official duties, public appearances and spent plenty of time outside with her beloved dogs and horses. Two days before her death, she officially installed a new prime minister, Liz Truss.
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  • Composition: Nickel
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  • Time Period: 20th Century
  • Period: 20th Century
  • Country/Region: British
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country of Origin: Great Britain
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